Police have said it is unlikely that there are suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose body was found in a garden.

Police found a body in a backyard of a flat in Bruce Street (Photo: Stirling Observer)

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On Thursday, February 20, police were called to Bruce Street in Stirling after a man’s body was found in the backyard of a tenement block.

A post mortem has been carried out on the man’s body, and officers are now awaiting the results of toxicology reports that have been carried out.

Yesterday (Thursday), a police spokeswoman said: “We are awaiting the results of toxicology reports, the death is still being treated as unexplained however it is unlikely that it is suspicious.”

The man is understood to be of Eastern European origin, however police have not yet released details of his identity.

A resident of the area phoned emergency services at around 8am to report that they had seen a body in the backyard of flats in Bruce Street. Officers cordoned off a section of a lane that lies between Bruce Street and Cowane Street, close to the corner of Bayne Street.

Plainclothes police officers were also seen searching bushes close to the lane, door-to-door enquiries were carried out and specialist officers also undertook a forensic investigation.